Improvement in concealed hinges for landatt carriages



@wat @Wine EDWARD WELLS, OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT.

Letters Patent No. 103,948, dated J une 7, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN CONCEALED HING-ES FOR LANDAU CARRIAGES.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent land mak-lng part ci the same To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD WELLS, of N ew Hal ven, in the county of l\` ew Haven and State of Con-` necticut, Vhave invented a new Improvement in-Gon cealed Pillar-Hinge for Landau Garriages; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken in con nection with the accompanying drawings and the let ters of reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description ot' the same, and which said drawings constitute part of this specification, and represent in- Figure 1, a side view of the pillar, with the top raised, as when in actual operation;

Figure 2, a vertical central section of the same; and in Figure 3, the hinge-detached.`

This invention relateeI to an improvement in hinge employed forconnecting the top to the pillar of landau carriages and other carriages of like character, so that the top may be thrown back or turned up,`and, when up, the front bow ory frame to form a continuation of the pillar.

As heretofore construct-ed, the hinge has been more or less exposed, and the joint unavoidably possesses an unfinished appearance, all of which, by my invention, are entirely overcome, and which consists in forming one part of the hinge so as to set at an angle on the pillar, and the other part so as to t onto the frame, and with a curved arm extendinginto the part scouredto the pillar, so as to carry the pintle forward within the post, so that the front bow will turn over the end of the pillar, and not expose any part of the hinge.

v is the pillar, and B the front bow or frame, the cover lapping onto both to the extent denoted, onto the bead a., and the part B made concave to 'fit the convex end of the pillar A, as more clearly seen in iig. 2, the curvature being formed from a center, d, which is the pintle of the hinge.

0 is one part of the'hinge, fixed to the post and let into the post so as to bring the center or pintle at the point cl on the pillar.

D is the other part of the hinge, which is connected to the part C by a bent arm, E, so as to carry the part D so far back ou the pillar that, when the part B is thrown back, as denoted in broken lines, thc opening through which the bend E of the hinge plays will not be exposed. Therefore, by this construction of hinge and formation ofthe parts B and A, the part B will tnrn back, following closely over the curved end ofthe pillar A to the position denoted in broken lines, fig. 1, exposing only the curved end of the 'pillar A, which may he linishcd in the same way as the other parts of wood-work of carriages, thus, to the fullest extent, concealing the hinge or any appearance of it, whether the top be up or thrown back, it being understood that the hinge is recessed into the pillar sopas in no way to appear upon the outer Surface, that is, practica-lly,.

narrower than the pillar, and set back from the outer surface.

I claim as my inventionv A hinge consisting of the two parts C .and D, the part D turned ont of line so as to form an arm, E, to which `the part C is attached, thereby carrying the pintle forward so that the bow will turn upon the top of the pillar without exposing the hinge, in the manner substantially as described.

lVitncsscs: EDWARD WELLS. 

